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Action demanded over BT unbundling problems
News BT is failing to hit quality targets for the unbundling of its local telecoms network, the Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA) has revealed. In his latest monthly update, published on Friday, telecoms adjudicator Peter Black noted...
[October 10, 2006, 12:00]
IT blamed for tax credit problems
News The adjudicator for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has highlighted inflexibilities in the department's systems. Dame Barbara Mills, the adjudicator for complaints about HMRC, the Valuation Office Agency, the Public Guardianship Office and the...
[June 23, 2006, 13:00]
UK still failing on broadband unbundling
News Peter Black, Ofcom's Telecoms Adjudicator, reported on Tuesday that just 35,000 BT telephone lines have been unbundled so far, against a target for February 2005 of 50,000. The Adjudicator's update makes it clear that operational performance is the...
[February 9, 2005, 13:15]
Unbundling soldiers on despite logistical hiccups
News In his latest monthly update, telecoms adjudicator Black put the number of successfully unbundled lines at 735,000. The telecoms adjudicator has long warned that operational problems with the delivery of LLU could make it difficult for BT's rivals...
[September 4, 2006, 16:55]
UK hits critical broadband target
News Peter Black, the telecoms adjudicator appointed to keep an eye on Openreach's progress, told ZDNet UK on Monday that the announcement represented an "industry milestone", and praised the industry for "stepping up" to the challenge.
[February 5, 2007, 12:22]
UK reaches a million unbundled lines
News Telecoms adjudicator Peter Black praised Openreach for achieving the one million mark, but added that there was still work to be done to achieve Openreach's target of 98 percent "right first time" delivery of unbundled lines.
[November 9, 2006, 14:14]
IT failures could cost taxman £51m
News The admission comes at the same time that a report by the Adjudicator's Office reveals complaints against the taxman have increased over the last year largely on the back of the tax credit problems. The Adjudicator's Office annual report shows over...
[June 20, 2005, 17:45]
Openreach slashes prices in unbundling push
News Peter Black, the telecoms adjudicator, announced last week that the number of unbundled lines in the UK is nearing 500,000. Ofcom's view is that the coming weeks and months are very important in the LLU process, and we're going to continue to...
[June 6, 2006, 12:00]
Avecho delays £10,000 hacking competition
News The company said it had postponed the contest because it still required a third-party adjudicator, but would be replying to those who tried to enter over the next week. The responses have shown that a third-party adjudicator is important and that...
[October 4, 2004, 12:15]
Ofcom hires sheriff to keep broadband peace
News Ofcom's most important strategic goal, published on Tuesday, is to ensure that local loop unbundling (LLU) happens, and it is hiring an independent telecoms adjudicator to ensure that unbundling goes smoothly.
[July 6, 2004, 14:55]
Providing Quebec's Pharmacies With 24 X 7 Prescription Claims Processing
White Papers The Regie de l'Assurance Maladie du Quebec (RAMQ) is a state-owned insurance company and claims adjudicator for Quebec. The company wanted to ensure that drug prescriptions can be accurately filled and paid for at any time, day or night, at any...
[July 24, 2006, 0:00]
Kerching! One million down...
Blog The million-unbundled-lines mark has just been passed, according to Peter Black, the telecoms adjudicator. Seeing as the target for that to happen was the end of this year, not bad going, Openreach! Let's just hope the quality of said unbundling...
[November 8, 2006, 15:29]
Unbundled broadband on the up
News The process of bring greater competition to the UK's telecoms sector is picking up pace, according to Peter Black, the UK's telecommunications adjudicator. Black, who oversees the unbundling of BT's local exchanges, reported on Friday that almost...
[February 3, 2006, 17:05]
BT system failures hamper broadband competition
News Peter Black, the telecoms adjudicator, reported last week that these software problems meant that at some points during July BT was only successfully handing over four of every five telephone lines requested.
[August 9, 2005, 12:35]
Ofcom forces action on broadband unbundling
News It will also appoint an 'independent telecoms adjudicator' who will be charged with establishing better relations between BT and LLU operators. Ofcom announced a range of measures on Thursday designed to create more competition in Britain's...
[May 13, 2004, 13:55]
eBay must face facts about fraud
Leader Now, UK judges may not be renowned for their technical know-how, but given an extremely similar case of fraud has arisen just four months later, this particular adjudicator seems to have a point. eBay has once again found itself at the centre of a...
[May 5, 2005, 15:30]
Orange silent on major broadband outage
News BT recently came under fire from the telecoms adjudicator Peter Black because just 78 percent of newly unbundled lines were being delivered successfully. Broadband provider Orange is refusing to reveal the precise cause of a massive broadband...
[October 18, 2006, 14:10]
Avecho tempts fate with £10,000 hacking challenge
News But the challenge awaits a third-party adjudicator. Fancy winning £10,000? An antivirus firm is lining itself up for a potential smack in the chops by inviting Internet users to break its product. Avecho has thrown down the gauntlet by offering £10...
[September 27, 2004, 13:10]
AOL takes fight to BT with £50m
News The Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator, set up to oversee LLU, predicted in its January monthly update that there will be more than one million unbundled lines this year. AOL is investing millions in local-loop unbundling (LLU), a move designed to...
[January 20, 2006, 15:45]
Viviane Reding nominated for internet villain award
News Also nominated as a bad guy is Peter Black, the Telecoms Adjudicator. Despite her pioneering work, Viviane Reding, the commissioner for information society and media who has led the European charge to reduce extortionate mobile roaming charges, has...
[January 4, 2007, 15:59]
